Description

1929 Buffalo Nickel, MS67One of Three Finest at PCGS

1929 5C MS67 PCGS. CAC. According to David Lange, the 1929
Buffalo nickel is usually well (but not fully) struck up, a typical
characteristic of many nickels from the 1920s. Wear on the master
hubs was partly to blame, but incompletely hubbed dies and greater
than optimal die-set distance seem to have contributed to the
problem. This example displays near-full strike definition, save
for just a bit of fadeaway at the obverse rim.

At this time in history, the Mint had no program to sell coins
directly to collectors in packaged sets, but the Treasury
Department was aware that hobbyists sought Uncirculated examples of
current issues. Circulars issued during 1932 reveal how fresh coins
were obtained by the collecting public, and 1929 Philadelphia
nickels were among the pieces that remained available at the
time.